Otters got on the board first with a short-handed goal by Petr Cajka at 1:46 of the opening period. Erie experienced penalty trouble, which the Rangers were able to capitalize on. Joseph Garreffa scored his seventh of the season on a 5 on 3 powerplay at 4:59 to tie it at 1-1. Riley Damiani and Greg Meireles got assists on the goal. Jonathan Yantsis scored his 15th of the season from just outside the crease at 15:40 with assists from Arber Xhekaj and Rickard Hugg. The game was tied on a Rangers deflection at 17:36, Brendan Kischnick got credit for the goal.

Shots on goal favoured Kitchener 9-7 as the period ended.

The Rangers took an early penalty to start the second with a cross-checking minor from Yantsis at 0:13. Eric Guest had a penalty shot on the Otters’ man advantage at 1:05, but couldn’t find the net. Hugg helped the Rangers take the lead off a rebound at 7:30. Yantsis notched his second of the day putting the Rangers up by two at 9:34. Otters’ Cajka responded with a goal at 10:33 to make it 4-3.

Shots on goal were tied 18-18 after 40-minutes.

Erie scored two unanswered goals in the third, to claim the 6-4 win. Otters’ forward, Chad Yetman tied the game 4-4 at 10:12. Yetman scored his second of the game at 14:12 to make it 5-4 and Kyle Maksimovich closed the scoring with an empty net goal at 19:59.

The Rangers next home game is Friday, November 16 at 7:30 pm versus the Saginaw Spirit.

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